On Fri, 6 Dec 2002, Austin Ziegler wrote: A> RFC1866 is for HTML 2.0; it has been obsoleted in 2000 by RFC2854, A> which removes HTML from IETF to W3C control. A> A> At the moment, I don't have time to look at the W3C HTML definition A> to see if this (+ == space replacement) is still the case. as far as i can tell, the appropriate rfc regarding uri syntax is actually rfc2396 http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2396.txt and i am coding a replacement for CGI.escape based on that rfc unless someone knows of a more recent doc. also, someone reccomended URI.escape but i'm not sure which package it's from. i think what was meant was http://arika.org/ruby/uri.xhtml but am also unsure. any info appreciated. -a -- ==================================== | Ara Howard | NOAA Forecast Systems Laboratory | Information and Technology Services | Data Systems Group | R/FST 325 Broadway | Boulder, CO 80305-3328 | Email: ahoward / fsl.noaa.gov | Phone: 303-497-7238 | Fax: 303-497-7259 ====================================